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Policy Priorities to Improve the Nation's Health

The AAMC serves and leads the academic medicine community to improve the health of all. As the only place where medical education, patient care, medical research, and the community come together, medical schools and teaching hospitals are central to the future of health care.

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AAMC Press Conference: Racism and Health: How and Where to Make Changes

On June 12, 2020, the AAMC hosted a press conference on racism and public health.

Washington Highlights

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Brief updates on the latest legislative and regulatory activities affecting medical schools and teaching hospitals.

Advocacy-Related News & Insights

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Press Releases
New AAMC Report Confirms Growing Physician Shortage
June 26, 2020
Press Releases
AAMC Statement on what Juneteenth Means Today
June 19, 2020
Press Releases
AAMC Statement on Presidential Proclamation Limiting Non-immigrant Visas
June 23, 2020
Press Releases
AAMC Statement on Supreme Court Decision on DACA
June 18, 2020
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Testimony and Correspondence

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Congressional testimony, letters to Capitol Hill and federal agencies, and comment letters on policy issues and federal regulations.

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A comprehensive examination of the issues affecting academic medicine and the future of health care.

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Voices of Academic Medicine

Karen Fisher, JD

Karen Fisher, JD, AAMC Chief Public Policy Officer

"When leaders of academic medicine articulate their views with strength, passion, and evidence in opinion pieces, letters to the editor, and other communications, members of Congress listen."